Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster which resulted in thousands of deaths, is to become an official tourist attraction, Ukraine's president has announced. Once at the centre of a ...

It's one of the most infamous rooms in the world: Chernobyl's Reactor 4 Control Room. Now, 33 years after the decisions made in that room helped lead to one of the biggest nuclear accidents of all ...

"Dark tourism" is a term or phrase that is beginning to get used more frequently. Some people have a fascination with visiting sites that are associated with destruction. It seems more and more people ...

Tourists often pass through Kyiv on their way to Chernobyl, but this city is worth some extra time to explore. I traveled to Kyiv not to experience Ukraine’s culture or to learn more about the history ...

"Anyone visiting Chernobyl should have the same respect as if they were visiting Auschwitz or the Khmer Rouge Museum in Cambodia." Alayza, who has not yet seen the film, also takes issue with the ...

IN DANTE’S ‘INFERNO,’ the 14th-century epic poem, the writer and protagonist journeys through hell, eventually reaching the final circle, the ninth, only to find a startling, anticlimactic conclusion: ...

“Right down there,” the Soviet nuclear engineer pointed towards a cracked linoleum hallway and signs that said, Reactor 4, where the pride of the Soviet nuclear industry had exploded two years earlier ...

A violent attack outside a Detroit bar on Sunday morning left one man dead and his brother in critical condition, prompting community leaders and law enforcement to address safety concerns in the area ...